Former Australian Army officer David Kilcullen, who helped Gen. David Petraeus "design his 2007 counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq," is currently an adviser to Sec of State Condi Rice. In a recent interview with Spencer Ackerman, Kilcullen, the main author of an upcoming handbook on counterinsurgency for senior policy-makers, said he tells them they should "think very, very carefully before intervening" in other countries. |
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